I decided to take my chances today and....I have what the box says I should have, a 1.42GHz. I bought the mid-range model with the combo drive at the Apple store in NH.

I am actually quite fine with this, because I am not a frequent visitor of these discussion/rumor boards. I just ended up here when I was searching for some info about different types of keyboard people use with their minis. That was when I saw the rumors for the upgrade and decided to wait. It basically came down to the fact that life was getting inconvient without my computer, so I decided to take my chances.

I will say that the sales rep in the store told me that one customer did tell them that they received the new mini this past week (I don't know which model) and he also indicated that they had been informed from Apple that they would not be making an official announcement when they had reduced the old stock and only shipped and sold the newer version. Now this may just be what Apple told the stores to get people to buy, instead of what is really going to happen.

Oh, I totally understand not placing the order until it's offically announced. It's the whole "why is it taking so long?" comment that threw me off, like Apple's dragging their feet on the announcement on purpose vs. waiting until their existing older inventory is gone.

That's ok. I just don't understand what is taking them so long. This has been going on for nearly three weeks now. I am very anxious to get a mini and get the ball rolling. Apple must have really misjudged their inventory or the mini isn't selling that well.

Oh, I totally understand not placing the order until it's offically announced. It's the whole "why is it taking so long?" comment that threw me off, like Apple's dragging their feet on the announcement on purpose vs. waiting until their existing older inventory is gone.

Not sure if you were being sarcastic...
Ummm. You do realize that Apple has already publicly acknowledged that they are shipping updated mac minis to some buyers, but will not reveal the actual specs, right???
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My thoughts are that Apple has run out of some old components (but not all) and has to make some minis with a mix of old and new components. Apple sites have pictures that some new mini owners are sending in of these "special" minis, so Apple acknowledged that they're shipping some mini's with parts that currently exceed the published specs.

How can they announce the mini's with the new specs until they're out of this "mix and match" phase?